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xkcd #3135: Sea Level

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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3135/

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 106 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

There are places in the solar system where the tide rips new mountains up every go around.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 56 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

... some metal band (Dethklok?) recording their song/filming their vid/having the concert on such a moon - the guitar solo intensifies as the band is lifted upwards by a soaring mountain, epicly, with lava flows.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

that's nothing compared to Disaster Area, who need to evacuate a whole planet due to their sound system

I don't like them. They usually phone their performance in.

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